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July 17, 2014

Fearing the driverless car

The FBI has generated some useful ways that Google's self-driving car could be scary.

First, you might have a car bomb*, if "autonomous cars may be used as 'lethal weapons.'" The Googlemobile would thereby become "be more of a potential lethal weapon that it is today.” As one source observes, "There could soon be self-driving car bombs." Or:

a driverless car could become a fantastic weapon. A terrorist could load one up with a bomb and send the model on its way with on one inside.

Second, more impressive car chases would result:

“bad actors will be able to conduct tasks that require use of both hands or taking one’s eyes off the road which would be impossible today.”

One nightmare scenario could be suspects shooting at pursuers from getaway cars that are driving themselves.

Here's a list of previous Infocult posts on the many ways we fear the GOOG.